DIAMETER INCHES

TENSION LBS

1st E

Plain Steel

.009

2nd B

Plain Steel

.011

3rd G

Plain Steel

.016

4th D

Nickel-Plated / Phosphor Bronze

.026

5th A

Nickel-Plated / Phosphor Bronze

.036

6th E

Nickel-Plated / Phosphor Bronze

.046

ZEBRA

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"ZEBRA electric-acoustics! Yes, for acoustic-electric guitars with piezo pick-ups under the bridge… or magnetic pickups in the soundhole. ANY amplified acoustic comes ALIVE when you put on the ZEBRA strings. Revolutionary because no one has ever done this before, and no one else does it yet. It is the very first string where you can SEE the difference. Every other coil is nickel-plated steel, every other coil is RARE phosphor bronze… wound on hex-cores.

DR Strings

"From the first handmade strings DR made for Marcus Miller and Jeff Healey (both of whom have played DR's for over six years), to our latest development, the remarkable ZEBRA electric-acoustic strings, DR HandMade Strings approaches sound and string design differently from other makers… we are all players. The secret to the way we make DR strings is the word "slow." No other company we know makes strings one at a time, so very slowly and carefully. Quality of sound is paramount… along with the highest possible specifications for materials. Longevity and durability are our next concerns. We are NOT a high speed, mass production company. We have an elaborate quality control system.

DR Strings are made with more metal than one realizes at first. By way of example, before a .042 gauge DR string is carefully wound, core wire and wrap wire that total .043 are prepared. After a process we call "Compression-Winding", a DR string that gauges a .042 is produced.

The ratios and principles of "TITE-FIT" / "Compression-Winding" are used for the specifications and manufacture of all DR strings. At DR we craft our strings at tension. The following is one example of how the DR wrap/ratio formula works… in this case for .042's. Core wire is .016, wrap wire is .0135 x 2 (top and bottom covers). Total material gauges .043 before winding and .042 after winding."